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Table 2 Awareness of specific reporting guidelines among Editors-in-Chief of veterinary journals with previous knowledge of reporting guidelines (n = 23)

From: A survey of the awareness, knowledge, policies and views of veterinary journal Editors-in-Chief on reporting guidelines for publication of research

Reporting guideline

Number of respondents*

Percentage of respondents*

CONSORT (randomised controlled trials/RCTs)

20

87.0

ARRIVE (research using laboratory animals)

16

69.6

REFLECT (RCTs for livestock and food safety)

12

52.2

STARD (diagnostic accuracy studies)

9

39.1

TREND (non-randomised controlled trials)

9

39.1

PRISMA (systematic reviews and meta-analyses)

8

34.8

COGS (clinical guidelines)

7

30.4

Gold Standard Publication Checklist (animal research)

6

26.1

STROBE (observational studies)

6

26.1

COREQ (qualitative research)

4

17.4

MOOSE (meta-analyses of observational studies in epidemiology)

3

13.0

STREGA (genetic association studies)

2

8.7

  1. *Numbers and percentages add up to more than 23 and 100% respectively because some respondents were aware of more than one reporting guideline.